Where did I go wrong or did I play it right?

[briachek]

Here's a hand I played at Party PLO $25. Please comment.

***** Hand History for Game 1390938785 *****
$25 PL Omaha Hi - Tuesday, January 04, 20:53:45 EDT 2005
Table Sell the sizzle (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: rh1823 ( $49.25 )
Seat 4: falco111 ( $19.08 )
Seat 5: TBEARVILL ( $22.25 )
Seat 6: briachek ( $44.55 )
Seat 7: marchinant17 ( $48.25 )
Seat 10: iwilcleanu ( $45.95 )
Seat 9: george_33 ( $15.95 )
Seat 2: jonrobt ( $21 )
Seat 8: gcow1 ( $34.6 )
Seat 3: porter1999 ( $24.5 )
gcow1 posts small blind [$0.25].
george_33 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to briachek [ 2h Ah 4h As ]
iwilcleanu calls [$0.5].
rh1823 calls [$0.5].
jonrobt folds.
porter1999 calls [$0.5].
TBEARVILL folds.
briachek calls [$0.5].
marchinant17 calls [$0.5].
gcow1 raises [$2.75].
george_33 folds.
iwilcleanu calls [$2.5].
rh1823 calls [$2.5].
porter1999 calls [$2.5].
>You have options at Table 27728 Table!.
briachek raises [$18.5].
marchinant17 folds.
gcow1 calls [$16].
iwilcleanu folds.
rh1823 folds.
porter1999 calls [$16].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 5d, 6h ]
gcow1 checks.
porter1999 checks.
briachek is all-In [$25.55]
gcow1 is all-In [$15.6]
porter1999 is all-In [$5.5]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
gcow1 shows [ 9c, 8d, 7d, 9d ] a flush, nine high.
porter1999 doesn't show [ 7c, Jd, Jc, Qc ] a pair of jacks.
briachek shows [ 2h, Ah, 4h, As ] a straight, two to six.
briachek wins $9.95 from side pot #2 with a straight, two to six.
gcow1 wins $20.2 from side pot #1 with a flush, nine high.
gcow1 wins $77.5 from the main pot with a flush, nine high.

I checkraised preflop because it seems the only way to eliminate people preflop with a real raise. On the flop, I still had the aces with the nut flush draw and low straight draw. Please help!

[DODGYKEN]

The problem with a limp re-raise is that (normally) it gives away your hand. This means that, if someone calls, they know where they are on the flop (unless you connect well with your non-A cards). I think a re-raise is generally correct, and I'm sure Monk can correct me on this, if you can get 2/3 or so of you stack in with it pre-flop and create a heads up situation. I don't think your re-raise was that bad as you would expect most players to fold and you were able to get a large chunk of the stacks you were playing against in pre-flop. On the flop you have to push in - you have the AA still, which might be good, and the nut flush draw too. You may as well bet out and gain some fold equity as you will be calling anyway. Remember that in PLO the advantage you have over weaker players post-flop is a big one - this is where you want to be forcing them to make the biggest errors.

Martin

[Felonius_Monk]

Yep, I'd probably hang fire on the big re-raise against solid players because they'll know instantly you almost certainly have AA. On the other hand, on this fishy table, you want as few callers as possible (preferably none or one!) and so re-raising seems a good option.

The all in on the flop is automatic, that is about as good a flop as you can hope for. I think you win somewhere in the 70% region off that flop, given your opponents holdings. With no high cards out other than the K, a set seems unlikely, and even against a set you have easily enough outs to play for your stack.

Monk
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[briachek]

[Felonius_Monk]

Very wise. This is why, IMO, the blinds make PLO virtually unplayable at party. A raised pot with 4 or 5 callers becomes a very tenuous situation where you know you have no room to actually play.

Monk
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